pi
See also Appendix:Variations of "pi"
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This mosaic is outside the mathematics building at the Technische Universität Berlin.
When a circle's radius is 1 unit, its circumference is 2π units.
Pronunciation
Noun
pi (plural pis)
- The name of the sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.
- (mathematics) An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.1415926535897932384626433832795; usually written π.
- (letterpress typography) Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered. Also called pie.
Synonyms
- (irrational constant) Archimedes' constant, Ludolph's constant, Ludolph's number
Translations
letter of Greek alphabet
irrational mathematical constant
metal type that has been spilled
Verb
pi (third-person singular simple present pies, present participle piing, simple past and past participle pied)
- (letterpress typography) To spill or mix printing type. Also, "to pie".
Adjective
pi (not comparable)
- (typography) Not part of the usual font character set; especially, non-Roman type or symbols as opposed to standard alphanumeric Roman type.
- In computing, pi characters are entered with special combinations of keys like ctrl-alt-x, or via character sequences such as {.
Translations
Abbreviation
pi
- (typography) pica (conventionally, 12 points = 1 pica, 6 picas = 1 inch)
- piaster
Related terms
- cicero
- pica stick
Anagrams
Albanian
Pronunciation
- IPA: [pi]
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *pīja, from Proto-Indo-European *pih₃- (compare Greek πίνω (pínō), Serbo-Croatian pìti, Italian bere).
Verb
pi (first-person singular past tense piva, participle pirë)
- I drink
Conjugation
- This Albanian verb needs an inflection-table template.
Usage notes
Derived terms
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Latin pinus.
Noun
pi m (plural pins)
Derived terms
Species of pine
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Etymology 2
Noun
pi f (plural pis)
French
Etymology 1
Noun
pi m (invariable)
- pi (Greek letter)
- (mathematics) pi
Etymology 2
Conjunction
pi
- (Quebec, colloquial) Alternative spelling of pis: and.
Kedah Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA: /pi/
Verb
pi
- Go
- Satgi kalau depa nak pi keluaq dah, habaq kat aku awai sikit noh, satgi tak dan.
- If they are ready to go out, please inform me earlier, so that I won't be late.
- Hang ni oghang kata pa pun bukan nak dengaq, mampuih pi kat hang la.
- You never listen, just go to hell
- Satgi kalau depa nak pi keluaq dah, habaq kat aku awai sikit noh, satgi tak dan.
- Do
- Hangpa pi bedak elok-elok bagi sama banyak buah moktan tu, satgi baghu tak berkelai.
- You should split the rambutans equally between yourselves, then you won't have to fight over it.
- Awat yang hang pi pukui dia, satgi dia bawak mai geng pi taboh hang pulak, lagu mana?
- Why did you hit him, don't you afraid he might summon his gang to beat you up?
- Hangpa pi bedak elok-elok bagi sama banyak buah moktan tu, satgi baghu tak berkelai.
See also
Lojban
Cmavo
- decimal point
- xapixa
- 6.6
- xapixa
- point for other numbering systems (e.g., binary, ternary, octal, etc.)
Related terms
Mandarin
Romanization
pi
- Nonstandard spelling of pī.
- Nonstandard spelling of pí.
- Nonstandard spelling of pǐ.
- Nonstandard spelling of pì.
Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /pîː/
Noun
pȋ n (Cyrillic spelling пи̑)
- pi (Greek letter)
- pi (mathematical constant)
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